“…New approaches have also been reported, like FASTPlaque-response bacteriophage assay (Minion and Pai, 2010 ), microscopic observation drug susceptibility assay (MODS) (Peter et al, 2016 ), use of dyes to monitor bacterial growth (Coban et al, 2016 ), sequencing and hybridization, reverse hybridization, direct sequencing (Deggim-Messmer et al, 2016 ), TB Biochip platform (Xue et al, 2016 ) and other molecular approaches. Each method was proposed to provide faster as well as more reliable results for early detection of drug-resistance.…”